International Faculty in Higher Education

<p>In an interconnected and globally competitive environment, faculty mobility across countries has become widespread, yet is little understood. Grounded in qualitative methodology, this volume offers a cutting-edge examination of internationally mobile academics today and explores the approaches and strategies that institutions pursue to recruit and integrate international teachers and scholars into local universities. Providing a range of research-based insights from case studies in key countries, this resource offers higher education scholars and administrators a comparative perspective, helping to explain the impact that international faculty have on the local university, as well as issues of retention, promotion, salaries, and the challenges faced by these internationally mobile academics.</p> <p>Contents</p><p>Preface</p><p>Chapter 1</p><p>International Faculty in 21st Century Universities: Themes and Variations</p><p>Philip G. Altbach and Maria Yudkevich</p><p>Chapter 2</p><p>The Long-Term Mobility of International Faculty: A Literature Review</p><p>Georgiana Mihut, Ariane de Gayardon, and Yulia Rudt</p><p>Chapter 3</p><p>International Faculty in a Brazilian University: International Trajectories in a Nationalized System of Scientific Production</p><p>Ana Maria F. Almeida, Mauricio Érnica, Luciano Antonio Digiampietri, and Marcelo Knobel</p><p>Chapter 4</p><p>International Faculty in Canada: Recruitment and Transition Processes</p><p>Diane V. Barbarič and Glen A. Jones</p><p>Chapter 5</p><p>International Faculty in Two Top Tier Chinese Universities:</p><p>One Country, Two Types of Internationals</p><p>Gerard A. Postiglione and Xie Ailei</p><p>Chapter 6</p><p>Integrating International Academic Staff into the Local Academic Context in Lithuania and Estonia</p><p>Anna-Lena Rose and Liudvika Leišytė</p><p>Chapter 7</p><p>Recruitment and Integration of International Faculty at German Universities: The Case of the University of Konstanz</p><p>Martin Bruder and C. Giovanni Galizia</p><p>Chapter 8</p><p>International Faculty Recruitment in Kazakhstan: The Case of Nazarbayev University</p><p>Alan Ruby, Aliya Kuzhabekova, and Jack T. Lee</p><p>Chapter 9</p><p>Attraction, Integration, and Productivity of International Academics in Mexico</p><p>Sylvie Didou Aupetit</p><p>Chapter 10</p><p>International Academic Recruitment in a Turbulent Environment: The Case of the Higher School of Economics in Russia</p><p>Valentina Kuskova and Maria Yudkevich</p><p>Chapter 11</p><p>International Faculty in Saudi Arabia’s Universities</p><p>Mohammad A. AlOhali</p><p>Chapter 12</p><p>International Academics in Africa: The South African Experience</p><p>Damtew Teferra</p><p>Chapter 13</p><p>International Faculty in Higher Education: Common Motivations, Disparate Realities, and Many Unknowns</p><p>Laura E. Rumbley and Hans de Wit</p><p>About the Contributors</p>